Concubinage
[kon-kyoo-buh-nij, kong-] /kɒnˈkyu bə nɪdʒ, kɒŋ-/
noun
1.
cohabitation of a man and woman without legal or formal marriage.
2.
the state or practice of being a .
/kɒnˈkjuːbɪnɪdʒ/
noun
1.
cohabitation without legal marriage
2.
the state of living as a concubine
n.
late 14c., from Middle French concubinage, from concubin, from Latin concubina (see concubine).
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